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noun (n)

• (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land(noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  jinx
  

  source: wordnet30
• a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  book of jonah
  

  source: wordnet30
• The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.(noun)

  source: webster1913